RT info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
T1 Apoyo a profesores en la generación de situaciones de aprendizaje ubicuo en diferentes dominios y espacios usando Datos Abiertos Enlazados
A1 García Zarza, Pablo
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela de Doctorado
K1 Aprendizaje ubicuo
K1 Semantic Web
K1 Web Semántica
K1 Teacher support
K1 Apoyo a los profesores
K1 Linked Open Data
K1 Datos abiertos enlazados
K1 58 Pedagogía
AB The TEL (Technology-Enhanced Learning) research community aims to improve learning and its practical implementation by leveraging technological advances. Among other goals, this community seeks to support a specific type of learning known as ubiquitous learning (u-learning). Supported by technology, this type of learning can happen anytime and anywhere across different spaces. It is associated with a range of benefits for students, such as fostering autonomy and developing critical thinking skills. Consequently, multiple applications aim to support teachers in designing learning situations that they later enact with their students. However, in these applications, teachers often must author all the resources they will use in their scenarios, which can be tedious and complex. This is because these applications rarely promote resource reuse among teachers or, when they do, they operate as isolated data silos with respect to other applications.To overcome these limitations, technologies related to the Semantic Web can be used. These technologies enable the sharing of learning resources authored by teachers and the reuse of other open data that were not originally educational in nature. For example, Linked Open Data (LOD) from organisations such as Wikidata, whose volume of information has grown significantly in recent years, can be utilised. Nevertheless, the number of applications designed to support teachers in the design and enactment of u-learning situations is low; they tend to focus on a single educational domain and rarely facilitate the authoring of new learning resources. As a result, teachers must create these resources using semantic technologies. This represents a major limitation, as it is uncommon for teachers to be familiar with these technologies, which they often find complex.The main objective of this doctoral thesis is to address these limitations by supporting teachers in the authoring and reuse of u-learning situations across different domains that incorporate LOD. The use of LOD-transparently for both teachers and students-facilitates the design of u-learning situations and promotes information reuse within the educational community. To achieve this objective, the thesis proposes an ontology and a software architecture. The ontology encompasses the key concepts related to u-learning situations, while the architecture enables the management and authoring of LOD learning resources retrieved from different datasets, as well as the administration of other features closely related to u-learning.Both proposals must be tailored to each educational domain. For instance, the ontology needs to be extended to include domain-specific characteristics, such as types of learning resources. Similarly, the architecture can be expanded to address new functionalities required within the domain. To facilitate the design and development of applications based on the ontology and architecture, this thesis proposes a co-design process that structures who should participate, what information should be gathered from each actor, and which tasks each participant must complete.The proposals of this thesis have been evaluated through various workshops and pilot experiences involving teachers and students. For this purpose, the Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM), consisting of six iterative phases that structure how to identify potential problems and evaluate possible solutions, has been followed. Specifically, three iterative cycles have been carried out according to the phases of this methodology, allowing the definition and refinement of each contribution proposed in the thesis. Furthermore, two u-learning applications have been developed, enabling teachers and students to author and use LOD resources transparently. These applications have been published so that both teachers and students can use them via a web browser or as apps that can be installed on Android and iOS devices.
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/84648
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/84648
LA spa
NO Escuela de Doctorado
DS UVaDOC
RD 10-jul-2026